Finland's 'budget barn' begins on Tuesday with talks between the government parties. The process started in August with a proposal from the Finance Ministry, and now that gets chewed over by the politicians before a final version emerges.
There are disputes over funding for research and academia, police and unemployment benefits, but the big row is expected to be over climate measures.
The government has targeted carbon neutrality by 2035, but has so far not said much about how it will get there. The Green party wants to see concrete measures announced this autumn, but its government partner the Centre Party is less keen.
Helsingin Sanomat publishes a deep dive on agricultural subsidies on Tuesday, looking at how much has been ploughed into farmers' pockets on the promise of emission reductions.
Between 2014 and 2020 some 1.6 billion euros of EU money has been handed over to farmers to pay for environmental measures, but greenhouse gas emissions from the sector have remained constant.
The APN podcast looked at what a 'budget barn entails last year. You can listen to the full podcast via the embedded player here or via Yle Areena, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your usual podcast player using the RSS feed.
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The most effective measure to take right now, says HS, is to stop burning peat for heat and power. That would be staunchly opposed by the agrarian Centre Party, however.
And Iltalehti explains just why that is.
On Tuesday morning peat producers left 2,000 litres of their product on the steps of the parliament building as a reminder of their 'distress and existence', according to one of the peat producers who joined the demo.
This phase of the budget process is scheduled to end on Thursday, with agreement between the government parties on spending and other measures to take in 2022 and 2023.
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Council defections
Helsingin Sanomat also takes a look at councillors who have switched parties after the local elections in June.
The paper found that the Finns Party suffered the most defections, with some 83 councillors switching to a new party after they were elected.
The biggest beneficiary of that movement was the Centre Party, which got 23 Finns Party councillors. Overall the Centre lost 82 councillors, with the National Coalition in third spot in the defectors league table with 47.
Solheim success
Finnish golfer Matilda Castrén hit the headlines on Monday when she holed the winning putt in golf's Solheim Cup.
Castrén secured victory for Europe in the inter-continental competition, and Ilta-Sanomat reports her joy on Tuesday.
"Right now I'm shaking," Castrén told reporters. "I was looking at the scoreboard and I knew it was going to be an important putt. We read it perfectly and it went in. I'm just so happy now."
Castrén is the first Finn to compete in the Solheim Cup, which Europe has now won two years in a row.